National Hay Summary Week ending July 27th

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 8:08 AM

Compared to last week alfalfa in large squares steady, rounds of alfalfa not enough sales to establish a market trend. Grass hay steady on a very thin test. Ground and delivered alfalfa steady to 5.00 lower, blended products of ground and delivered and cornstalks sold steady. Dehy pellets sold steady. Demand was mostly light. Still up in the air on what the price of rounds bales of alfalfa may be worth. Many buyers of ground products are buying hand to mouth and are talking about cutting very large piles of silage for their added forage needs. A lot of alfalfa hay has been priced but very limited sales have occurred as cattlemen have ample feed of their own and as a borrower of money they don’t want to step out and procure large quantities of feed if they don’t really need it. Grass hay production continues at a snail’s pace in a large area of the state. Wet meadows and rain continue to plague these productions areas. But, everyone knows when the rain shuts off it may not come back around for a few years! Second cutting tonnage on alfalfa has been very good with some reports of better than first in some areas. Few, producers have started on third cutting. Corn and beans look good to very good across most areas of the state. All sales are dollars per ton FOB the field or hay barn, unless otherwise noted.
Eastern/Central Nebraska
Alfalfa: Premium large squares 200.00; Good large squares 160.00. Good large rounds 100.00 delivered. Fair large rounds 90.00; Utility rounds 60.00. Grass Hay: Good large rounds 100.00. Premium small square bales 160.00-170.00. Wheat straw in round bales 90.00. Dehy Alfalfa pellets 17 percent protein 230.00-240.00.